• The Courage to Act

    New York -- Looks a lot like we're going to repeat 2008/9, except that this time around, instead of banks faltering, it will be entire countries. That's scary! The not so vigilant credit ratings companies of 2008 (e.g., #Moody's, #S&P, #Fitch) are now becoming the ever so vigilant guardians of t…
  • I Will Bite Your Head Off...and Then Cry About It

    It's been more than a couple of days, I know. It's very hard for me to dredge this all up again so sometimes I need a little break. I'm really not ready to talk about the effect of infertility on a marriage because my marriage is still on very shaky ground and my daughter is now 2 1/2 years old.…
  • Taking (Birth) Control of Your Life

    "The newest development in male contraception was unveiled recently at the American's Women's Surgical Symposium held at Ann Arbor Medical Center. Dr. Sophia Merkin, of the Merkin Clinic, announced the preliminary findings of a study conducted on 763 unsuspecting male grad students at a large Mid…
  • Are We Are the Fallen, Evanescence?

    No. Here’s why…First of all, We Are the Fallen are We Are the Fallen. Amy Lee co-founded Evanescence after pairing up with guitarist Ben Moody after he overheard her playing a Meatloaf song on the piano. The two went on to write songs together, playing in coffee shops, etc until they…
  • Catch 33

    So. I found out a few weeks ago that I'm getting an assignment. To Kadena AB. Japan. Normally, this would be cause for celebration. All through MEPS, Basic, tech school, and follow-on training, I was desperate to get a foreign assignment. But then I showed up to Moody and things started going really…
  • For lack of a better phrase

    I just looked over at my dogs' carcasses as they slouched on their dirty bed/rings. I matched a bra, unsuccessfully with a top. It looks like a (for lack of a better phrase) proper lady's see-through attempt at the provocative.I arranged scissors. I winced at my knitting.It's not one of those, need…
  • Letter 7

    This letter is supposed to be to an old boyfriend or crush- something of the like.I have been meaning to continue writing these letters (there are 30) and have kept putting this one off. I'm still in the beginning and I'm letting this one stop me. The truth is I don't really intent to write this…
  • MYM A Book and a Chat with Estevan Vega

    As we come to the last two days of my Male YA Author Month, it’s great not just to have a fellow Connecticut author as the guest on today’s show, but also a person whose appeared on the show before. As a young boy, Estevan Vega never really felt interested in the written word. He found far more fa…
  • I'm not dead... yet.

    Though I had a few close calls over there. Ask me about them sometime; maybe I'll tell you. It's been a while, I know. To be honest, I've been trying nearly every week since I got back from Iraq to update my blog, but I've just been so... busy. Oh, yes. I'm back from Iraq. The trip itself was long a…
  • Yaşasın" Moody's Türkiye'nin notunu yükseltti "

    Yaşasın" Moody's Türkiye'nin notunu yükseltti " --- Bu akşam Beşiktaş'tan Ortaköye Fener alayı Düzenlenecek diyelim o zaman --- Diyelim !